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you mentioned how these vc firms fund companies that make products that so many of us use. do they have the power to make the industry more receptive to women? >> yes. i think that there are -- women are underrepresented at all levels of the industry. but specifically with respect to money i think that firms would make better decisions if they had better representation of women. and right now the people who are contributing to those decisions are just not women. and ellen pao, it will be yet to be seen whether or not it can be proven in court that she deserved a promotion or not, that this harassment and discrimination contributed to her leaving the firm unjustly. but i think that this trial is being so closely watched not necessarily because of the specifics, which like i said are really -- it can be seen from both sides all the time. but because it's representative of that dramatic inequity between women and men in this industry. >> most of these types of cases never make it to trial. they get settled out of court. why do you think this one did make it to trial? >> i thin
you mentioned how these vc firms fund companies that make products that so many of us use. do they have the power to make the industry more receptive to women? >> yes. i think that there are -- women are underrepresented at all levels of the industry. but specifically with respect to money i think that firms would make better decisions if they had better representation of women. and right now the people who are contributing to those decisions are just not women. and ellen pao, it will be...
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better use data so that we understand how these antibiotics are being used and where they're being used. i mean, it's just not available, and it's not something that we collect. i mean, that's not our area. as was mentioned, you need to talk with fda. >> hoffman: the fda commissioner is margaret hamburg. why don't we have that information? i mean, antibiotics have been used on the farm for four, five decades. why don't we have it now? >> you know, for me, the question is, can we get it now? and that's what we're working on. i think it's really, it's a question of us all working together to identify what are the critical data needs and... >> hoffman: don't you know that now, though, 40 years? i mean, shouldn't you have a better handle on that, what data you need? >> well, you know, you're asking a very big question in terms of the overall picture. we are focused on certain aspects of this challenge. >> hoffman: last y there were proposals in congress that would have required farmers to report in detail which antibiotics they're using on animals and how much. but industry groups like the
better use data so that we understand how these antibiotics are being used and where they're being used. i mean, it's just not available, and it's not something that we collect. i mean, that's not our area. as was mentioned, you need to talk with fda. >> hoffman: the fda commissioner is margaret hamburg. why don't we have that information? i mean, antibiotics have been used on the farm for four, five decades. why don't we have it now? >> you know, for me, the question is, can we get...
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and kill us. that is built into our underlying sapiens hardware, that is a negativity bias. that being said, in an intertidal moment, we have to ask ourselves to both recognize that that negativity bias is there, but then look for something different. and what that difference is is a see and an idea of what it means to flourish, what it means to get things right. it is not that we don't know how to do it, it doesn't come to us right away. so, it is so important in this very moment, when we are reading the headlines, watching the news, going about our daily life, sure, look and learn from the negative things, but at the same time, figure out, what is it that we actually want? we are so used to being negative, in some ways that is how we are wired, but it is not the only way. >> when you look at some of the major challenges facing us at the moment, climate change, ai, there are those who worry we are already past the point of no return. what do you say to those people? >> love, i grew up in the clim
and kill us. that is built into our underlying sapiens hardware, that is a negativity bias. that being said, in an intertidal moment, we have to ask ourselves to both recognize that that negativity bias is there, but then look for something different. and what that difference is is a see and an idea of what it means to flourish, what it means to get things right. it is not that we don't know how to do it, it doesn't come to us right away. so, it is so important in this very moment, when we are...
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acmording to the company, than 180,000 neighborhoods from the us to europe are using nextdoor to share hyperlocal content. and we want to disclose th kqed is a media partner of nextdoor, using its servoue to deliver content tobay area cities. welcome. -thanks for having me, thuy. -so, how did the idea for nextdoor come about? -so, about seven years ago when we first started the company, we noticed a trend oand mainstream.ks becos facebook for your friends.tw ter to connect with people with whom you shared interests. and of course linkedin for your professional network. but we found it sort of strange that there was not a network where you could connect with the people right outside your front door -- your neighbors, the people that were most important to you in your local community -- and so we set out to build a resource that connected neighbors to the information t that was most relevathem, and that's now nextdoor came about. -so, what are some of the most interesting interactions u've seen among neighbors on nextdoor? because, you know, i've used it. u've seen among neighbors i've u
acmording to the company, than 180,000 neighborhoods from the us to europe are using nextdoor to share hyperlocal content. and we want to disclose th kqed is a media partner of nextdoor, using its servoue to deliver content tobay area cities. welcome. -thanks for having me, thuy. -so, how did the idea for nextdoor come about? -so, about seven years ago when we first started the company, we noticed a trend oand mainstream.ks becos facebook for your friends.tw ter to connect with people with whom...
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-tell us about that. -yeah. i mean, you mentioned that i do have a background as a climate scientist. that was a lg time ago. and that was a big part of the inspiration for my first business, method, trying to use a business to create social and environmental impact. now, fortunately, that's become a much more mainstream idea nowe to create social food is even moronal, impact. and has even more impas on our environment and on our health, of course, than cleaning products, and so that was why i really wanted to get into food, because it's very personal, and it's very high-impact. we need to do something about our broken food system, that are really delicious that people enjoy. -and that don't cause a lot of carbon output, for example, beca pe dairy products and meducts contribute to the carbon footprint. -yeah, exactly. so, dairy is about a quarter of our food carbon footprint,% -yeah, exactly. and food's about of our hu. that means dairy is about 8% of humanity's carbon footprint. and most of the alternatives ar
-tell us about that. -yeah. i mean, you mentioned that i do have a background as a climate scientist. that was a lg time ago. and that was a big part of the inspiration for my first business, method, trying to use a business to create social and environmental impact. now, fortunately, that's become a much more mainstream idea nowe to create social food is even moronal, impact. and has even more impas on our environment and on our health, of course, than cleaning products, and so that was why i...
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joing us is dr. rutherford, sfa epidemiologist, advisor to san francisco's department of public health, who is leading the program that started this week in san ancisco. think you for joining us again. >> thank you for havingme. >> we will get to contact t tracing but fii want to talk about breaking news today. the fda has authorized the emergency use of to reduce the mortality d duration of covid- 19. it has been proven to do this and some studies although one study was negative.how quickly can be utilized? >> i think it is a great step forward. the fact that there was a s negatidy from china does not really bother me very much. at study dinot really have a lot of power for people and it to really get the effects or understand exactly what the effects efe. thcts of this drug are relatively modest i would say. this does not reduce mortaly from 11% wn to zero or anything but it is a start. think about how the aids drugs started, first had azt and then we added other drugs and added other drugs and all
joing us is dr. rutherford, sfa epidemiologist, advisor to san francisco's department of public health, who is leading the program that started this week in san ancisco. think you for joining us again. >> thank you for havingme. >> we will get to contact t tracing but fii want to talk about breaking news today. the fda has authorized the emergency use of to reduce the mortality d duration of covid- 19. it has been proven to do this and some studies although one study was...
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they can use in the much more substantive ways than they are using it today so... and i think that over the long run we see them use in the a more sophisticated way. >> brown: you've been watching the white house with the use of social media. what do they say they're trying to get out of an event like this? what do they say this is for? >> they want to reach more people, and as many people as they can particularly ahead and going into the presidential election of 2012. twitter is a really valuable resource for them in that people on twitter... first of all, the platform itself is growing tremendously. 13% of all online users use twitter. and that's up from just six months ago where only 8% of all online users were on twitter. so it's a fast-growing platform and the people who use twitter are very engaged politically and they tend to be demographic that these voters... that the administration would like to get their attention from. >> brown: andrew rasiej, what does it tell us and not tell us about the pulse of america? is it analogous to a poll? are we learning som
they can use in the much more substantive ways than they are using it today so... and i think that over the long run we see them use in the a more sophisticated way. >> brown: you've been watching the white house with the use of social media. what do they say they're trying to get out of an event like this? what do they say this is for? >> they want to reach more people, and as many people as they can particularly ahead and going into the presidential election of 2012. twitter is a...
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to use force. there is no doubt some protesters are violent and we do not have the police side of the story, but there are many examples where police appr to be using force but it is difficult to justify or is out of proportion to what is happening. many people are calling for change and how policing is conducted. one example is the camdenounty police force in new jersey. it was overhauled with new guidelines on when to use force and touted by president obama. let's hear it from the man hind those reforms. >> some of the clips getting a lot of attention, the police officers in atlanta who tased inside a car, some of the squad cars running people over -- we do not have all of the facts of those situations, but on the surface, it is disturbing. it starts with changing the culture within organizations. what we did in camden, we started with policy. culture will eat policy for breakfast if you do not have the training to ensure people are doing what they should be doing. >> we will be back with the nar
to use force. there is no doubt some protesters are violent and we do not have the police side of the story, but there are many examples where police appr to be using force but it is difficult to justify or is out of proportion to what is happening. many people are calling for change and how policing is conducted. one example is the camdenounty police force in new jersey. it was overhauled with new guidelines on when to use force and touted by president obama. let's hear it from the man hind...
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so i think all of us would say hey, the potential uses are great and all of us want to catch the bad guys and we all want to deter crime but we want to do it in a way that is respectful to a person's personal privacy. when you put the risk in it, you paint a big picture for somebody's life. and if it keep it forever the risk of abuse goes up dramatically. >> give us specifics, you would like to see legislation around this. what specific proposals would you like to see in place? how long should data be kept? >> you know, when i was in state senate i had a bill that said data from the license plate readers ought to be purged after six months. i couldn't get the bill off the senate floor? >> why not? >> well, because we got pushed back from law enforcement as well as the private sector because these people wanted to use the data forever. i kept saying look, surely there, a compromise between six months and forever? can't we find a time? if you don't keep the data you contact misuse it or abuse it. for me, one of the starting points, collect only what you truly need. know that you have a
so i think all of us would say hey, the potential uses are great and all of us want to catch the bad guys and we all want to deter crime but we want to do it in a way that is respectful to a person's personal privacy. when you put the risk in it, you paint a big picture for somebody's life. and if it keep it forever the risk of abuse goes up dramatically. >> give us specifics, you would like to see legislation around this. what specific proposals would you like to see in place? how long...
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is it useful? was it effective to use torture? >> to start with you, would disagree with the term "torture." the enhanced interrogation program we utilizeed on a hand full of top terrorists, absolutely, beyond any doubt, produced vital intelligence that helped keep america safe. >> ifill: give me an example? >> osama bin laden. the report would lead you to believe there wasn't much information that came out of detain subjected to enhanced interrogation that led to him. that is just wrong. there were detainees subjected to e.i.t.-- enhanced interrogation-- that provided vital information. one provided a little bit of information before e.i.t.s. afterwards, he gave us great detailed information that told us for the first time that a particular person was carrying messages to bin laden outside of afghanistan. this we are not heard before. the other detainee told us even more information about letters that this person had been carrying back and forth do bin laden. suddenly, we had information which told us that this person, above all
is it useful? was it effective to use torture? >> to start with you, would disagree with the term "torture." the enhanced interrogation program we utilizeed on a hand full of top terrorists, absolutely, beyond any doubt, produced vital intelligence that helped keep america safe. >> ifill: give me an example? >> osama bin laden. the report would lead you to believe there wasn't much information that came out of detain subjected to enhanced interrogation that led to...
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so they would let us out, use the beach over here to defecate or whatever for the morning, and then we would go back to that spot right there. >> narrator: after nine months in prison, hanna said she was sent here, to sawa military training base, where all eritreans start their mandatory national service. ♪ ♪ >> (singing in tigrinya) (soldiers chanting) >> narrator: in eritrean propaganda, sawa training camp is depicted as a happy place where citizens become good patriotic soldiers. hanna told us the reality for her was very different. >> we were supposed to be military trained, officially, anyway. so they took us to sawa, but after two days in sawa, they were gathering up women from everywhere. they took us to farms. so i went to three or four different farms, just working the fields. we would plant, weed, do a bit of everything. and throughout our work, our guards would make deals with other generals who had farms nearby. so they woultake us there, do the work, and take the money, i guess. throughout our stay in these different farms, there were many... manyomen, who were either
so they would let us out, use the beach over here to defecate or whatever for the morning, and then we would go back to that spot right there. >> narrator: after nine months in prison, hanna said she was sent here, to sawa military training base, where all eritreans start their mandatory national service. ♪ ♪ >> (singing in tigrinya) (soldiers chanting) >> narrator: in eritrean propaganda, sawa training camp is depicted as a happy place where citizens become good patriotic...
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they cooperate with us because they see their interests are best served by working with us. that's why we have all these alliances around the world. that's why we are a super power. the fact that we are very strong and have an extraordinarily effective military is obviously underpins a lot of what we do, just as we have the world's largest economy and the fact that we have this incredible diplomatic apparatus, all those things make a difference, but ultimately the best kind of power is the power that people consent to, that they say, we care about the united states and want to work with them because we actually think that, when we work with the united states, they help meet our interests. >> rose: and they admire our values. >> and they admire our values. >> rose: two last questions. yeah. >> rose: one, what good has come out of the iranian nuclear deal other than they have lived up to the provisions of the specific deal about eliminating nuclear facilities? is there a change in behavior? is there a relationship that has improved because you got past this nuclear deal and th
they cooperate with us because they see their interests are best served by working with us. that's why we have all these alliances around the world. that's why we are a super power. the fact that we are very strong and have an extraordinarily effective military is obviously underpins a lot of what we do, just as we have the world's largest economy and the fact that we have this incredible diplomatic apparatus, all those things make a difference, but ultimately the best kind of power is the...
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so we use overtime to fill those gaps. that overtime now that we've been able to hire up on operators and increase our hiring on the maintenance side as well, that overtime is coming down. >> okay. meanwhile, your ridership is continuing to climb. you're at 700,000 riders a day now. . i wanted to ask also about the vta, michael hursh. you have seen a bit of an uptick in ridership but it's still fairly low. especially on light rail. you're averaging about 35000 riders a day. i grew up in san jose and i still go to san jose a lot. when those vta light rail systems go by, there's hardly anybody on there. why do so few people use your system? and what are you doing about it? >> i think ridership is one of the biggest challenges we have for vta. we have such a large operating area, over 350 square miles. for us to serve all of our communities is a challenge. we don't have a concentrated what we call origin destination. and san francisco is an example. you have people that come from the t avenues that want to get to the financia
so we use overtime to fill those gaps. that overtime now that we've been able to hire up on operators and increase our hiring on the maintenance side as well, that overtime is coming down. >> okay. meanwhile, your ridership is continuing to climb. you're at 700,000 riders a day now. . i wanted to ask also about the vta, michael hursh. you have seen a bit of an uptick in ridership but it's still fairly low. especially on light rail. you're averaging about 35000 riders a day. i grew up in...
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bad actors will use it for bad use cases. whether that is conducting an inauthentic influence operation or coordinating an online harassment campaign. william: you're part of an organization that studies disinformation. how do we go about helping people combat th? jack: i think we need to talk about it, and not particularly original, but kind of tried and tested answers. a lot of it comes down to education and media literacy. as we were discussing earlier many people don't interrogate , the sources of media that they see online for more than a couple of seconds. but we need to ingrain a reaction of the people of this is a really interesting and funny picture of the pope in a puffy jacket. is it actually true? how do i know that and how is it making me feel? what is going to be my reaction after i've kind of made that more informed and thoughtful assessment? william:ou mentioned how if you really scrutinize these images currently, you can usually find flaws in the visual detail that are a tip off. but we know that technology i
bad actors will use it for bad use cases. whether that is conducting an inauthentic influence operation or coordinating an online harassment campaign. william: you're part of an organization that studies disinformation. how do we go about helping people combat th? jack: i think we need to talk about it, and not particularly original, but kind of tried and tested answers. a lot of it comes down to education and media literacy. as we were discussing earlier many people don't interrogate , the...
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the this circuit helps us to repeat the behaviors that make us happy while avoiding those that make us miserable. but as any adult knows, pleasure is not always good for you. tonight we'll also explore particularly dangerous forms of pleasure-seeking, addiction. long considered to be a moral weakness, addiction is now understood to be a biological disease. finally, we will explore the role that emotions play in decision-making and social interaction. next month, in part two of the emotional brain, we will turn our focus to negative emotions such as fear and anxiety. joining us tonight, a group of scientists who have devoted their lives to understanding the emotional brain. daniel salzman, he studies how the brain assigns an emotional value to the information that it receives from the five senses. he is an assistant professor of sky tri and neuroscience at columbia university. wolfram schultz. he studies how the brain's reward systems affect decision-making and learning. he is a professor of neuroscience at cambridge university and a fellow of the royal society. nora volkow. her researc
the this circuit helps us to repeat the behaviors that make us happy while avoiding those that make us miserable. but as any adult knows, pleasure is not always good for you. tonight we'll also explore particularly dangerous forms of pleasure-seeking, addiction. long considered to be a moral weakness, addiction is now understood to be a biological disease. finally, we will explore the role that emotions play in decision-making and social interaction. next month, in part two of the emotional...
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>> i don't think young people use facebook. i think a lot of people use instagram. less and less so. i think the issue is will people continue to use this knowing that their information is at risk? and that's a big question. >> do they know that instagram is owned by facebook? >> not as many people and they also own whatsapp so they own a lot of things and then google owns youtube. and then they trade this information among and between each other and very few companies, apple is the one that doesn't participate and what's interesting, i did an interview with tim cook earlier this year and it got mark zuckerberg furious and i said what would you do if you are mark zuckerberg? and he said i wouldn't be in this position in the first place. so the business model is the problem. the business model makes this happen. >> so they have been so good at adverti advertising it, selling it, they know everything about you. doesn't that mean going to the other side of the equation, wouldn't they be able to spot bots posting things falsely. >> some people think so. they have all th
>> i don't think young people use facebook. i think a lot of people use instagram. less and less so. i think the issue is will people continue to use this knowing that their information is at risk? and that's a big question. >> do they know that instagram is owned by facebook? >> not as many people and they also own whatsapp so they own a lot of things and then google owns youtube. and then they trade this information among and between each other and very few companies, apple...
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allows us to triage threats. allows us to determine whether or not threats have a connection to the homeland. to me it's a valuable program. >> and again, that was not persuasive. >> right. our board was created at the recommendation of the 9/11 commission which said after 9/11 let's build up our security, let's start connecting the dots and do a better job. but let's not go too far because if we do the, we are have given up our privacy and civil liberties. and so our job as a board is to strike the right balance between the two. >> and you're saying this is going too far. >> just finally, i want to ask you both, we know the president is calling for changing the program somewhat. he doesn't want to do away with it all together but he says this information should be collected by something other than, somebody or something other than the government. to both of you quickly, how feasible is that? >> i would be open to any alternative that pose fewer privacy risks, raised fewer privacy concerns and was equally effecti
allows us to triage threats. allows us to determine whether or not threats have a connection to the homeland. to me it's a valuable program. >> and again, that was not persuasive. >> right. our board was created at the recommendation of the 9/11 commission which said after 9/11 let's build up our security, let's start connecting the dots and do a better job. but let's not go too far because if we do the, we are have given up our privacy and civil liberties. and so our job as a board...
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i grew up in a pentecostal church and i still believe that so many of us use our faith, we use the bible as a crutch and it doesn't allow us to -- to oftentimes think for ourselves, doesn't allow us to explore. we get stuck in this space although i believe in the living god. my personal opinion. we get stuck in the space. i think i hear what you're saying. question don't move beyond and learn and wrestle w-a explore more. is that you're saying? >> that's exactly right. we don't ask the good questions about the stories in the bible. for one thing, this is something that i discovering recently, most -- moses is not -- there is no -- there was no moses. moses was actually an egypt's pharaoh as was solomon. all of the stories were rehashed. stories been taken out of egyptian history, rehashed and they're sold to us as stories about israel. this is not the truth. it is my opinion. all i'm sighing, is we need to do the research. you know, i -- i -- i have to say, i believe that jesus existed but i pleeven that -- we spend too much, we're too preoccupied with him. there's so much about our own
i grew up in a pentecostal church and i still believe that so many of us use our faith, we use the bible as a crutch and it doesn't allow us to -- to oftentimes think for ourselves, doesn't allow us to explore. we get stuck in this space although i believe in the living god. my personal opinion. we get stuck in the space. i think i hear what you're saying. question don't move beyond and learn and wrestle w-a explore more. is that you're saying? >> that's exactly right. we don't ask the...
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or constantly using instay gram or constantly using tumbler? á i am kind of antisocial .. i use these things a little bit, twitter to inform me more than anything else, i respond to people on twitter so basically twitter is kind of an outreach for customer support for me. but i don't really use the soal stuff too much. in fact ever note was kind of ability social, antisocial at well, almost an anecdote to all of the social prefer around you, it is not about your friends, it is about you, it is kind of for yourself, it doesn't judge you. >> rose: i get it. let's just think out like about this question. so here i am and i say that of a variety of places. and try to inform myself and then ask questions so i can capture who someone is, what their work is, what their passion is, what they are about and perhaps enhance that experience for someone outside. and i want to maximize my experience of information, insight, and to flow into me, you know, a series of opinions, analysis, questions. >> uh-huh. >> rose: solve that problem for me. >> wow. well,
or constantly using instay gram or constantly using tumbler? á i am kind of antisocial .. i use these things a little bit, twitter to inform me more than anything else, i respond to people on twitter so basically twitter is kind of an outreach for customer support for me. but i don't really use the soal stuff too much. in fact ever note was kind of ability social, antisocial at well, almost an anecdote to all of the social prefer around you, it is not about your friends, it is about you, it...
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ability to use them, and to make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use. that's my judgment as commander in chief. but i'm also the president of the word's oldest constitutional democracy, so even though i possess the authority to order military strikes, i believed it was right in the absence of a direct or imminent threat to our security, to take this debate to congress. i believe our democracy is stronger when the president acts will with the support of congress. and i believe that america actes more effectively abroad when we stand together. this is especially true after a decade that put more and more war-making power in the hands of the president and more and more burdens on the shoulders of our troops while sidelining the people's representatives from the critical decisions about when we use force. now, i know that after the terrible toll of iraq and afghanistan the idea of any military action, no matter how limited, is not going to be popular. after all, i've spent four and a half years working to end wars, not to start them. our troops are out of i
ability to use them, and to make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use. that's my judgment as commander in chief. but i'm also the president of the word's oldest constitutional democracy, so even though i possess the authority to order military strikes, i believed it was right in the absence of a direct or imminent threat to our security, to take this debate to congress. i believe our democracy is stronger when the president acts will with the support of congress. and i believe...
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what can you update us on? >> well, the opinions we've talked to are still divided on what this means. there are some who think that this was moving wednesday from sites that were threatened by the rebels to more secure areas. there were others who worry that.... >> brown: you mean away from potential insurgents? >> away from the rebels in the insurgent line to safeguard them for the regime. but there are others who think that the movement was a precursor to potentially using them as a part of the ethnic cleansing campaign or as part of... on the battlefield against the rebels. >> and certainly officials have spoken up two days a row, leon panetta at the pentagon yesterday and again today so some level of concern. >> right. and a clear warning that this real l invite an international response. and that's why some officials think that this is... it will not be president assad who makes the order to use this but only after he falls from power, remnants of his regime might, as last-ditch effort, start to use these
what can you update us on? >> well, the opinions we've talked to are still divided on what this means. there are some who think that this was moving wednesday from sites that were threatened by the rebels to more secure areas. there were others who worry that.... >> brown: you mean away from potential insurgents? >> away from the rebels in the insurgent line to safeguard them for the regime. but there are others who think that the movement was a precursor to potentially using...
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talking with us. so, for your, what, almost 500,000 students and 50,000 faculty and staff, what is this fall going to look like for em? >> well, judy, nice to join you. and, of course, the health and well-being of our students and the communihere our 23 and also campuses are located across the state of california-- it's m almost 80les from the northeastern-most campus in humboldt to san diego state in the south. but we think it's in our bestte st for our students, allowing them to make progress chwards their degree, whs so vitally important for them individually, and for the state of californi i but also doi in the covid-19 era that will, sadly, persist over the next acdemic year. and so this is precisely the moment for students to lean inta their reon, and we want to create as many options for as many students as is humanly possible. that's why we decided to, in the fall, to prepared to be as 100% virtual as yo can be. flower some courses you could never do, some of the laboratory courses or hands-on
talking with us. so, for your, what, almost 500,000 students and 50,000 faculty and staff, what is this fall going to look like for em? >> well, judy, nice to join you. and, of course, the health and well-being of our students and the communihere our 23 and also campuses are located across the state of california-- it's m almost 80les from the northeastern-most campus in humboldt to san diego state in the south. but we think it's in our bestte st for our students, allowing them to make...
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please, help us. the prison director needs to give us names. havence midnight, they said there was a riot. no one is giving us answers. later in official responded. >> the events at the penitentiary are regrettable and painful for the state. we are living a tragedy determined by the difficult situation across mexico. >> jails have been criticized for being corrupt and plagued by violence. this prison has housed a dangerous members of the cartel. -- pope francis will visit another prison, once one of the most violent cities in the world. it is a reminder of how difficult it is to keep control. katy watson, bbc news, mexico city. critics frequently get a bad rap, even though we turn to them whether deciding to see a film. e if we disagree. one critic has taken a great step of defending his job. scott joined me a short time ago to talk about his new book. jane: thank you for joining me. in your book, you say there is no accounting for taste. to tell thees you rest of us whether or not something is good? a.o.: there is an idea critics see themselve
please, help us. the prison director needs to give us names. havence midnight, they said there was a riot. no one is giving us answers. later in official responded. >> the events at the penitentiary are regrettable and painful for the state. we are living a tragedy determined by the difficult situation across mexico. >> jails have been criticized for being corrupt and plagued by violence. this prison has housed a dangerous members of the cartel. -- pope francis will visit another...
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it makes us who we are. it's responsible for every behavior, every thought, action that we carry out from the simplest automatic behaviors like breathing and swallowing to walking, running, and cognitive acts like planning, thinking, creating works of art. but how one moves from those higher mental processes to understanding how the brain mediates that is an extraordinary difficult challenge. i think most scientists consider this the greatest challenge in the 2 1st century. in fact, one can argue it's the greatest challenge science has ever faced. you mentioned putting a person on the moon. the human genome, these are enormous accomplishments. they don't compare in complexity. >> rose: pail by comparison. >> they pail by comparison to this, this is an extraordinary difficult tax. this is as you pointed out where president obama appreciated when he announced in the press conference in april that several us attended that this is the next major american initiative. >> thank you all for being here today. i'm fra
it makes us who we are. it's responsible for every behavior, every thought, action that we carry out from the simplest automatic behaviors like breathing and swallowing to walking, running, and cognitive acts like planning, thinking, creating works of art. but how one moves from those higher mental processes to understanding how the brain mediates that is an extraordinary difficult challenge. i think most scientists consider this the greatest challenge in the 2 1st century. in fact, one can...
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joining us now from new york is a doctor, internal medicine physician. thank you for being with us. so the good news is that 2 million vaccines were administered on average in the u.s. yesterday, but then the bad news is cases have stalled. where do you think we are in the pandemic? dr.: i think we are at a place where we can celebrate our victories, so the vaccines rolling out and the additional johnson & johnson vaccine coming to the market are wonderful, wonderful latest developments, and we should feel really proud of the work we are doing in that regard, but i think one of the problems with us is we are so desperate to get back to normal that we tend to rush things a little bit, so we saw the decline happening, and now we have a plateau in part because the measures that got us that line, they need to stay in place while we continue to get folks vaccinated. laura: abandoning the mask mandate in texas, but is part of the problem that there is not really clear guidance of what you can do if you have been vaccinated? so when the cdc comes out with that guidance later this week, per
joining us now from new york is a doctor, internal medicine physician. thank you for being with us. so the good news is that 2 million vaccines were administered on average in the u.s. yesterday, but then the bad news is cases have stalled. where do you think we are in the pandemic? dr.: i think we are at a place where we can celebrate our victories, so the vaccines rolling out and the additional johnson & johnson vaccine coming to the market are wonderful, wonderful latest developments,...
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michelle, thank you so much for joining us. let's remind everybody first, how does title 42 work and how does this app fit in with the title 42 pross? michelle: so title 42 is a policy that because of public health reasons, allows the government to sort of, they call it expelling migrants back to mexico or their home countries on the risk that they might spread covid. but the really key point here is that it prevents migrants, the asylum seekers from even asking for asylum. under normal circumstaes, if you ask for asylum, they cannot kick you out of the country. i mean, that's how asylum law works. ali: and then this new system that is replacing title 42, how does it work? and then how does this app fit into that? michelle: yeah, so this app, it is called cbp one. it's actually been introduced already even while title 42 is still in place. and the way it works is that if you're an asylum seeker, you essentially can't ask for asylum if you cross the border illegally, which is the way that mosteople try. and so instead the govern
michelle, thank you so much for joining us. let's remind everybody first, how does title 42 work and how does this app fit in with the title 42 pross? michelle: so title 42 is a policy that because of public health reasons, allows the government to sort of, they call it expelling migrants back to mexico or their home countries on the risk that they might spread covid. but the really key point here is that it prevents migrants, the asylum seekers from even asking for asylum. under normal...
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stay with us. pleased to welcome melissa etheridge back to this program, the popular and prolific grammy winner is out now with her tenth studio cd called "fearless love." from the new project, here is some of the video for the title track, "fearless love." ♪ i am what i'm afraid of so what am i afraid of i need a fearless love don't need to feel the end oh, you can't hold me now you will never hold me again i want to live my life in happiness i want a fearless love i won't settle for anything less ♪ tavis: we're back. the rock roots on this project, huh? >> yeah, yeah. tavis: back to the rock stuff. >> yeah, decided, i have been doing this for 20 years now. i've been here and there and up and down and in and out. i have been introspective, i have been spiritual. i thought it's time to put it all together and hit it as hard as i can. tavis: you did that. when i first saw the project come across my desk, it actually -- it arrested me for a moment. and i just sat and looked and thought about that
stay with us. pleased to welcome melissa etheridge back to this program, the popular and prolific grammy winner is out now with her tenth studio cd called "fearless love." from the new project, here is some of the video for the title track, "fearless love." ♪ i am what i'm afraid of so what am i afraid of i need a fearless love don't need to feel the end oh, you can't hold me now you will never hold me again i want to live my life in happiness i want a fearless love i...
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joining us now is former us defense secretary and current bbc while this has analyst william collins so secretary karen when you have the current defense secretary warning north korea not to consider actions that could lead to the. end of its regime in the disk action of its people because at the right time to strike. i think it is because he's talking about actions you know it's not something that i haven't said in the past so. in all my years in dealing with north korea that if you ever attacked. south korean no peninsula of south korean allies americans on that. peninsula japan guam united states we will respond in a way that you know longer exists so that that's a statement of fact but what about the president's extremely fiery rhetoric that i mean today we've had his secretary stains defens. lawyer to hunting to follow his lead but what about his time. well ice is his tone but also the language use he said if. north korea continues to threaten. our allies well that's different than taking actio. they are known for making threats that's what they do. they made a thread immediatel
joining us now is former us defense secretary and current bbc while this has analyst william collins so secretary karen when you have the current defense secretary warning north korea not to consider actions that could lead to the. end of its regime in the disk action of its people because at the right time to strike. i think it is because he's talking about actions you know it's not something that i haven't said in the past so. in all my years in dealing with north korea that if you ever...
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okay, sell as much as you want to us, and then let us swap. we give you 5% as much as needed and you give us 20%. well this was the swap idea, which was a good sign for cooperation. but all of a sudden united states said no, you should get all of your enrichment, because we want to clean you up. the idea that if we have 5% uranium then we are dirty and polluted, i think it's very dirty idea by itself. >> rose: there has been an argument i think by graham allison and i want to be clear about this, in which he suggested, you look at this on a football field. and if-- an american football field. and if you are advancing down the field, that iran is about at the 30 yard line and so it's already gone 70 yards, it has 30 yards to go to have a nuclear program. and on explosive devices. anyou only have po to go. and that you can take 20% enriched and over a process of a couple years make it into weapon-grade material. >> well, this is not a good similarity. i mean we are right now, if you ask in terms of real world, in the field, we are 100 percent aw
okay, sell as much as you want to us, and then let us swap. we give you 5% as much as needed and you give us 20%. well this was the swap idea, which was a good sign for cooperation. but all of a sudden united states said no, you should get all of your enrichment, because we want to clean you up. the idea that if we have 5% uranium then we are dirty and polluted, i think it's very dirty idea by itself. >> rose: there has been an argument i think by graham allison and i want to be clear...
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that is our future, and you are not protecting us. you are leaving it to us. what are the solutions, katharine hayhoe? >> what we really lack is a vision of a better future. when we talk about climate action we're presented with two opposing apocalyptic visions. one where climate continues under checked, which could mean the end of civilization as we know it. not the end of the planet. the planet will be fine. but the end of civilization. our civilization is bullet on the assumption of a stable climate. on the other side we have this apocalyptic vision we have to throw away everything that makes our climate comfortable. no electricity, no cars, no nothing. we're faced with these two opposing visions of the future. no wonder people are more afraid where we throw away our modern technology versus where climate impacts affect us. the reality is neither of those have to happen. we need a positive vision of the future where we do continue to have abundant energy for all, not just us in developed countries but every country around the world, but that energy comes fr
that is our future, and you are not protecting us. you are leaving it to us. what are the solutions, katharine hayhoe? >> what we really lack is a vision of a better future. when we talk about climate action we're presented with two opposing apocalyptic visions. one where climate continues under checked, which could mean the end of civilization as we know it. not the end of the planet. the planet will be fine. but the end of civilization. our civilization is bullet on the assumption of a...
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you use it a lot, we use it a lot. there's still must be line between the virtual and real. because the main thing which what museums are about, we have real things. they have their own energy and people tonight understand. people are standing in line with all the google projects and decide people are standing hours in line to look at the real thing. so we have to find this balance which is sometimes not easy. it's in between so we have to use it in addition to real things and real scholarship in the medium. >> rose: what did the film, i think it's called russian art. >> russian art. >> rose: what did that mean? >> well it's fantastic. it was done by one ofspÑi the bt film directors in the world, the best in russia, a philosophical one. it is the story of a person going through hermitage and history of hermitage and russian history. with the perfect understanding what is russian art, what is now art, culture. culture goes on and museums go on. it was wonderful to see how it was screened in national gallery in washington. i seen a lot of washington is not like russian new yo
you use it a lot, we use it a lot. there's still must be line between the virtual and real. because the main thing which what museums are about, we have real things. they have their own energy and people tonight understand. people are standing in line with all the google projects and decide people are standing hours in line to look at the real thing. so we have to find this balance which is sometimes not easy. it's in between so we have to use it in addition to real things and real scholarship...
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he uses thousands of led lights or even simple light bulbs. from close up, the lights seem to blink at random, but take a step back, and your eyes begin to connect the dots. producer monica lamb and photographer aaron drury take us into the workshop of jim campbell. campbell: so, these are pixels, waterproof pixels that we're testing. i'm jim campbell, and i work with light in the field of electronic art. i was an engineer in silicon valley for close to 25 years. we made convertors from low-resolution tv to high-definition tv. one of the things that i was interested in early on and continue to be is, if you take away all of the details of an image, is there anything useful from an experience of looking at something that's low resolution? is there some sort of essence that can be found in taking an image and getting rid of most of the information and just leaving a little bit there? my day job was high-definition tv, and my artwork went the other way. is it possible that it has different optical characteristics? a lot of the stuff that i do doe
he uses thousands of led lights or even simple light bulbs. from close up, the lights seem to blink at random, but take a step back, and your eyes begin to connect the dots. producer monica lamb and photographer aaron drury take us into the workshop of jim campbell. campbell: so, these are pixels, waterproof pixels that we're testing. i'm jim campbell, and i work with light in the field of electronic art. i was an engineer in silicon valley for close to 25 years. we made convertors from...
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the secretary joins us by skype in mexico city. thank you for being on the owsh.>> thank u yofor having me again, it is good to see you.>> the report found that federal standards for refineries have not been revised since 1985, should those standards change? we have long considered the national standards for refineries to be out of date since the 1980s, and in california we have taken on the responsibility to protect water, and we don't wait for the federal standards. to protect the san francisco bay, for example, the san francisco bay regional water quality control board has long included water nullity permits that we issue, they are significantly more stringent than federal standards. these include limits on toxicity and selenium limits that are set i the board to makeure we are protecting the delicate ecosystem of the bay, which we know needs protection and a lot of improvement. the bay has suffered. we need to make sure we are protecting it as much as we can. when refineries do not comply with limits and permit requirements tha
the secretary joins us by skype in mexico city. thank you for being on the owsh.>> thank u yofor having me again, it is good to see you.>> the report found that federal standards for refineries have not been revised since 1985, should those standards change? we have long considered the national standards for refineries to be out of date since the 1980s, and in california we have taken on the responsibility to protect water, and we don't wait for the federal standards. to protect the...
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dominic use bbc news. the us army's chief of staff warns that time may be running out for unknown minute tree solution to the danger posed by north korea. recently a band was introduced on all american citizens traveling to the country. following the death of the u. s. student detained that. pyongyang insists the band one cause any harm as most tourists and divide the border with china. it's from that that the b. b. c.'s jon some with reports. from their tour boats chinese onlookers here across the river. but it already isolated state about to become even more consul. so few american tourists actually cross this from tier that the travel ban is of course more symbolic. then meeting followed an economic sense none the less it is a sign that. often months of rising tensions. the senate of unpredictability and the risks a growing. is for. everything isn't skating. it was this case that focused minds in washington a u. s. tourist given fifteen years hard labor. trying to steal a north korean propaganda poster.
dominic use bbc news. the us army's chief of staff warns that time may be running out for unknown minute tree solution to the danger posed by north korea. recently a band was introduced on all american citizens traveling to the country. following the death of the u. s. student detained that. pyongyang insists the band one cause any harm as most tourists and divide the border with china. it's from that that the b. b. c.'s jon some with reports. from their tour boats chinese onlookers here across...
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in fact, farms in california use 80% of the water. >> 80%. >> 80. we have 30 million people, and 10% of all the water goes to those 38 million people. another 10% goes to the businesses, 80% goes to the farms. >> is that water used efficiently? >> the farmers say yes. a lot of the environmental groups say no. basically there are plenty of places in california where the farmers have been conserving and using water efficiently. there is also a lot of places where they haven't put in drip irrigation. they have line canals to stop the water from evaporating, and they haven't managed their water very well. they're overpumping, and basically environmentalalists are saying, what you should do is make more local sources of water. more conservation, more recycled water, recycle to irrigate golf courses and things like that. but this has shaped up to be quite a battle. we had a peripheral canal when romo was governor before, and it failed because california overwhelmingly voted no. >> i think what's happening now is people are really talking about climate cha
in fact, farms in california use 80% of the water. >> 80%. >> 80. we have 30 million people, and 10% of all the water goes to those 38 million people. another 10% goes to the businesses, 80% goes to the farms. >> is that water used efficiently? >> the farmers say yes. a lot of the environmental groups say no. basically there are plenty of places in california where the farmers have been conserving and using water efficiently. there is also a lot of places where they...
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she used to collect cans, recycle them. she used to sell food, baby sat. and i remember when she used to take us to all those places and for me, i remember when i was 5 years old and 10 years old and when i was almost a teenager i used to be embarrassed of her taking me to this place because i realized that she was out there hustling and making ends meet, but now i really appreciate that because she did everything to ensure that her children had everything. she did everything so that she wouldn't have to ask anything from the government and i think that is a very powerful story of what we have in the u.s. that when you have this administration talking about immigrants are taking jobs and immigrants are just sucking up services from u.s. citizens, he is completely fearmongering and completely mischaracterizing the spirit of immigrants who come here for a better life. >> of course, her status is also currently unclear. >> yeah. she is undocumented, and i hope that i'm -- to be in the process of becoming a citizen and one day to be able to petition her to bec
she used to collect cans, recycle them. she used to sell food, baby sat. and i remember when she used to take us to all those places and for me, i remember when i was 5 years old and 10 years old and when i was almost a teenager i used to be embarrassed of her taking me to this place because i realized that she was out there hustling and making ends meet, but now i really appreciate that because she did everything to ensure that her children had everything. she did everything so that she...
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think either cost us the victory or won us the war. and so my response is we have to meet every single year, every single election towards who's here now. every year, more and more young people cross that age barrier from 17 to8 and can participate. and we know they're more demographically diverse an they've ever been in american history. we know that there are thosen who've bssatisfied with the performance of the president who are coming to our side. and we know that they're people who have long agreed with us but haven't participat because no one's asked them to. i've never espsed this notion of you ignore one group for another. but what i have said is you spend as much money on that group as you see the likelood of their participation. and this is a voter who has rejected you time and againas opposed to a voter who has not voted but has always agreed wi you, then you should spend a disproportionate share of your funds on those who share your values and a commensurate amount on those who don't. >> at various points, really, for the l
think either cost us the victory or won us the war. and so my response is we have to meet every single year, every single election towards who's here now. every year, more and more young people cross that age barrier from 17 to8 and can participate. and we know they're more demographically diverse an they've ever been in american history. we know that there are thosen who've bssatisfied with the performance of the president who are coming to our side. and we know that they're people who have...
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and i think for most of us that should protect us. but there are some infections that are particularly serious, mostly when we're looking at sensitive subpopulations, young children, older individuals, people with compromised immune systems. >> all right. >> however, we do see that even healthy people can get really, really sick. >> sandra, thank you for your help tonight. we appreciate it. sandra eskin with the pew charitable trusts. >>> coming up, the growing pains of startup health insurers as open enrollment season begins. ♪ ♪ >>> here's what to watch for tomorrow. october auto sales are out. also on the data front a report on factory orders. and that is what to watch for on tuesday. >>> the epa says volkswagen used devices also to manipulate u.s. emissions tests for about 10,000 additional diesel vehicles including some of its luxury brands, audi and porsche.di volkswagen denies the new allegations. the company admitted back in september that it did rig tests on about 11 million cars worldwide. >>> san francisco voters will h
and i think for most of us that should protect us. but there are some infections that are particularly serious, mostly when we're looking at sensitive subpopulations, young children, older individuals, people with compromised immune systems. >> all right. >> however, we do see that even healthy people can get really, really sick. >> sandra, thank you for your help tonight. we appreciate it. sandra eskin with the pew charitable trusts. >>> coming up, the growing pains...
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thanks for joining us. it has been reported that the biden administration is to press ahead with a plan to sell more than $1 billion worth of new weapons to israel. as far as you are aware, what does that plan involved? >> i think the plan is to live up to the agreements that have already been made to israel. we just had a briefing where we were assured that the biden administration will provide israel with everything that it needs to make sure that israel can defend itself. the other thing we heard from one of our top military advisers is that this is indeed the most difficult urban fighting that our advisor has ever seen. it is a very complicated situation to fight it because hamas embeds itself among civilians, under hospita, under mosques, and of course they have built 400 miles of underground tunnel through which they operate. it is a very difficult situation, but the u.s. is standing firmly with israel. caitrÍona: yourself and several other colleagues had written a letter just last week to the nation
thanks for joining us. it has been reported that the biden administration is to press ahead with a plan to sell more than $1 billion worth of new weapons to israel. as far as you are aware, what does that plan involved? >> i think the plan is to live up to the agreements that have already been made to israel. we just had a briefing where we were assured that the biden administration will provide israel with everything that it needs to make sure that israel can defend itself. the other...
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and we never said that the use of these inappropriate criteria, that that use was minor. indeed, as i said earlier, i was among the first to say that those in responsible positions should be relieved of their responsibilities. no, there were inappropriate criteria. they applied both to liberal and conservative organizations, more to conservative organizations because they had filed many more applications for 501c4, and there is a legitimate concern about the use of 5 501c4s because they're supposed to relate to social welfare repredominantly and you have in use in public today the use of 501c4s for essentially political purposes. from 2006 to 2012. in 2006, there was a million dollars used reported for political purposes, that joint to $250 million by 2012. half of it from karl rove and koch brothers and other organizations. so there's a legitimate concern but we never said the use of this criteria inappropriately so was minor. we never said that. >> brown: let me ask congressman mica briefly, if you could. is that larger issue being lost in all this, the question about w
and we never said that the use of these inappropriate criteria, that that use was minor. indeed, as i said earlier, i was among the first to say that those in responsible positions should be relieved of their responsibilities. no, there were inappropriate criteria. they applied both to liberal and conservative organizations, more to conservative organizations because they had filed many more applications for 501c4, and there is a legitimate concern about the use of 5 501c4s because they're...
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they had researched us from the beginning. they had intelligence on us about all our work. they wanted to know our political leanings or whether we had any connections with extremist groups. >> narrator: the fighters get word there will be a nighttime meeting with their american contacts. muhammad rides with ahmed, the battalion's supply officer. >> narrator: ahmed won't let muhammad come all the way to the meeting. he says he doesn't want the american contacts to see him. >> narrator: for most of the war, the rebels have had to rely on capturing weapons from the battlefield itself. they had shown muhammad something they'd captured. >> narrator: the rebels are lucky. the fighter jet didn't spot them this time. >> narrator: muhammad has now heard from ahmed, the driver who dropped him off. >> several hours have passed now. the fighters are returning back from the turkish border with a new shipment of ammunition. >> narrator: back at the camp, the rebels unload their new munitions. the next morning, they show muhammad what they've received. >> narrator: like most of the weapo
they had researched us from the beginning. they had intelligence on us about all our work. they wanted to know our political leanings or whether we had any connections with extremist groups. >> narrator: the fighters get word there will be a nighttime meeting with their american contacts. muhammad rides with ahmed, the battalion's supply officer. >> narrator: ahmed won't let muhammad come all the way to the meeting. he says he doesn't want the american contacts to see him. >>...
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and i want to make sure, on august he said move and put in a position to use and use, i believe that -- that particular set of standards has been met in the use of those chemicals weapons. i believe when you look at all of that, charlie, all of the intelligence over the last two years, i also conclude that some small quantity of chemical weapons has been used. that is basically what britain is saying, france is saying, israel is saying, and now you have a bit of an acknowledgment from the white house that is happening, yes, exactly. >> rose: what is leadership? >> well, again, it is bringing a coordinated effort from our arab league partners and the turks to the table, and that really hasn't happened yet, so they all sit there as a unified -- as equal partners, you need that kind of head of the table to help bring them together, we offer that, we offer in a way no other country can, and they are asking for it, that is what is very different here, and we have the other special capabilities, training, intelligence, vetting. >> rose: right. >> those kind of things to make them much more
and i want to make sure, on august he said move and put in a position to use and use, i believe that -- that particular set of standards has been met in the use of those chemicals weapons. i believe when you look at all of that, charlie, all of the intelligence over the last two years, i also conclude that some small quantity of chemical weapons has been used. that is basically what britain is saying, france is saying, israel is saying, and now you have a bit of an acknowledgment from the white...
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it falls on us. without objection, the hearing is adjourned >> narrator: cicilline's committee is considering everyt from imposing limits on what businesses a company like amazon can engage in, to restricting the collection and use of data. ♪ the man who helped jeff bezos build amazon 25 years ago says it may be necessary to go even further. >> on the one hand, i'm proud of what it became, but it also scares me. and, um, i just feel like it's important r someone in myn say what they think about what's going on. >> this is sort of i some ways a baby that you gave birth to, right? and so, i mean, you helped birth azon. >> um, yeah, very much so. in fact, i used to, um, you know, get up several times during the night to, just to see if it was working and... and, wasn't, so...e care of it if it >> and when you look at what amazon has grown into today,ou see what? >> (chuckles) well, um... you know, you don't want to see your offspring, um, become, um, antisoal adults, right? so i think not all of the e
it falls on us. without objection, the hearing is adjourned >> narrator: cicilline's committee is considering everyt from imposing limits on what businesses a company like amazon can engage in, to restricting the collection and use of data. ♪ the man who helped jeff bezos build amazon 25 years ago says it may be necessary to go even further. >> on the one hand, i'm proud of what it became, but it also scares me. and, um, i just feel like it's important r someone in myn say what...
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that memory allows us to fight complacency. it fuels our moral imagination. it allows us to change. so right from the beginning the international committee of the red cross and the red cross and red crescent movement said, "use of nuclear weapons is contrary to rules protecting civilians from the effects of warfare." we knew that in 1945 because we had an observer in hiroshima who reported to us immediately, "it's unbelievable what i am witnessing. "it cannot be envisaged how use of nuclear weapons could be compatible with the rules of international humanitarian law." do nuclear weapons serve a role in the modern world? most will say they don't. they make us more insecure. they don't help in any security whatsoever. why are they still wedded to these weapons? and that is the big question. narrator: in january of 1946, representatives from around the world gathered for the first session of the newly formed united nations general assembly. it was just 6 months after the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. the representatives, after deliberations, adopted their first-ever resolution, w
that memory allows us to fight complacency. it fuels our moral imagination. it allows us to change. so right from the beginning the international committee of the red cross and the red cross and red crescent movement said, "use of nuclear weapons is contrary to rules protecting civilians from the effects of warfare." we knew that in 1945 because we had an observer in hiroshima who reported to us immediately, "it's unbelievable what i am witnessing. "it cannot be envisaged...
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everybody's going to use it. every company is going to be incorporating a.i., integratingt governments are going to be using it, nonprofit organitions are going to be ing it. it's going to create all kinds of benefits in ways large and small, and challenges for us, as well. >> narrator: the challenges, the nefits-- the autonomous truck represents both as it maneuvers into the marketplace. the engineers are confident about when this will htions they can get it working safely sooner than st people realize. i think that you will see the first vehicles operating with no one inside them moving freight in the next few years, and then you're going to see that expanding to more freight,mo geographies, more weather ilds up.e as, as that capability we're talking, like, less than half a dece. >> narrator: he already has a fortune 500 company as a clientshipping appliances across the southwest. s s thsales pitch is straightforward. >> they spend hundreds of millions of dollars a yeard shipping parts a ae country. we can brin
everybody's going to use it. every company is going to be incorporating a.i., integratingt governments are going to be using it, nonprofit organitions are going to be ing it. it's going to create all kinds of benefits in ways large and small, and challenges for us, as well. >> narrator: the challenges, the nefits-- the autonomous truck represents both as it maneuvers into the marketplace. the engineers are confident about when this will htions they can get it working safely sooner than st...
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tweet us on twitter. from all of us here at "bbc world news america," thank you for watching, have a great weekend and see you back here next week. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the mmon good for over 30 years, kobler foundation, union bank and charles schwab. >> there is a saying around here. you stand behind what you say. around here, you don't make excuses. you make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places it is needed most. but i know you kill still find it when you know where to look. >> as union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, fro
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it takes a bite out of single use plastics. we use way too many every day. we all think they are recyclable but they are not. what we want to do is see a reduction in single use plastics. but we also want to recycle thermoformed. we want to get those recycled. we need to reduce the use of single use plastics but the ones in the waste stream, we need to figure out how to recycle those. >> okay. anything else you are working on that you would like to share x >> you know we talked about tolls and jaywalking. we want to make sure that streets are safety safe for that one of your reporters did, we took on legislation to make it easier for people to pay their tolls. >> assembly member phil ting, thank you, for being with us today. >>> the first six months of the year have been the driest in california history. setting us up for another wildfire season. crews have been fighting a fire in yosemite that is threatening agent sequoia trees. joining us to discuss this are kqed climate editor, kevin stark. kqed politics and government reporter , guy marzorati. and, grace
it takes a bite out of single use plastics. we use way too many every day. we all think they are recyclable but they are not. what we want to do is see a reduction in single use plastics. but we also want to recycle thermoformed. we want to get those recycled. we need to reduce the use of single use plastics but the ones in the waste stream, we need to figure out how to recycle those. >> okay. anything else you are working on that you would like to share x >> you know we talked...
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they came to see us. oh, did they come to see us when they found out that karen and i were blessed with caring for someone special too, our bella. [applause] four and a half years ago, i stood over a hospital icolet, staring at the tiny hands of our newborn daughter, who we hoped was perfectly healthy. but bella's hands were just a little different, and i knew different wasn't good news. the doctors later told us that bella was incompatible with life and to prepare to let go. they said even if she did survive, her disabilities would be so severe that bella would not have a live worth living. we didn't let go. [cheering and applause] today bella is full of life, and she has made our lives and countless others much more worth living. [applause] i thank god that america still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of god's children, born and unborn. [cheering and applause] and we say, and we say that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the american dream. [a
they came to see us. oh, did they come to see us when they found out that karen and i were blessed with caring for someone special too, our bella. [applause] four and a half years ago, i stood over a hospital icolet, staring at the tiny hands of our newborn daughter, who we hoped was perfectly healthy. but bella's hands were just a little different, and i knew different wasn't good news. the doctors later told us that bella was incompatible with life and to prepare to let go. they said even if...